§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether there is any intention to develop a specific category within his Department's education support current programme to cover the needs of the Youth Service.
§ Mr. DunnMy right hon. Friend's reply of 20 January to my hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (Mr. Key) at column 513–14 referred to the new activities to be supported in the 1987–88 programme. The allocations for one of these, the promotion of social responsibility in young people, include several projects which are to be run by, or in conjunction with the youth service. In addition, the youth service is included within the area of responsibility of the co-ordinators employed by local education authorities to stimulate action aimed at the prevention of drug misuse, which was first supported in the 1986–87 ESG programme.